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Senate judiciary committee, julian, the committee that confirms supreme court justices. that's why what he says carries a lot more weight. did you feel comfortable with his remarks? >> absolutely. and there is a long tradition for it. jay uses the word bullying and medling and i don't even begin to understand that. the idea that the supreme court should be immune from criticism in the public square, unless you happen -- >> they haven't made a decision yet. >> let me finish the point, jay. the fact that the supreme court should be immune from public criticism seems absurd to me. in the 1960 con...

Justice and say, if he doesn't decide this the right way according to the obama administration's position, if he does that he's a judicial activist, it's bad, it's wrong it puts the integrity of the court at risk. give me a break that is not the role of the senate judiciary committee. megyn: senator leahy came out in these remarks on the senate floor started talking about bush v gore and this would be a similar example of quote activism for the high court to overturn the healthcare law. julian, do you believe that. we should be undermining the public's faith this this decision before it is eve...

To this. jay's point is they have not yet issued a decision. president obama got in trouble for doing this at the beginning of april and he had to dial it back. after he dials it back the chairman of the judicial committee comes out and does the same thing. >> i don't understand that criticism. the idea that you shouldn't criticize a court or particular line of court before the court has mid a decision on something comes from absolutely nowhere. this is part of the public debate. it's been going on, conservatives do it when they don't like the direction they perceive the court is going. hreub ...

Chief justice for all of us, and that he has a strong institutional sense of the proper role of the judicial branch. acting on personal views in this matter would be the height of conservative judicial activism. megyn: julia epstein joins me. she is on the committee that does what leahy's committee does over in the house. jay seculo. chief counsel for the hall of justice. he can't talk now, call julian back. >> it's senator leahy. megyn: jay, he went on and on and talked about how the supreme court is supposed to respect the will of the people. it would be extraordinary for the high court not ...

About questions of jurisdiction. but it's got to be at least three pages long, single spaced. we heard from the judge very specific directions. and some folks say it is going to force the department of justice to take a very strict line, that may in some way sounds like it disagrees with what the president said. the judge said i want you to specifically address in this memo the comments of the president. here is jay seculo of the aclj. >> the federal court has an attorney to declare an act signed into law by the president unconstitutional. that is the role of the judiciary. i think they have t...